Walter J. Gehring

17.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
122 papers, 13.6k citations indexed

About

Walter J. Gehring is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter J. Gehring has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 13.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Genetics and 20 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Walter J. Gehring's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (67 papers), Animal Genetics and Reproduction (21 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (19 papers). Walter J. Gehring is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (67 papers), Animal Genetics and Reproduction (21 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (19 papers). Walter J. Gehring collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Walter J. Gehring's co-authors include Georg Halder, Patrick Callaerts, Markus Affolter, William McGinnis, Kazuho Ikeo, Yasushi Hiromi, Thomas R. Bürglin, Ernst Hafen, Alexander F. Schier and Michael Levine and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Walter J. Gehring

121 papers receiving 13.1k citations

Hit Papers

Induction of Ectopic Eyes... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1995 1984 1987 1994 1994 250 500 750 1000
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Induction of Ectopic Eyes by Targeted Expression of the eyeless Gene in Drosophila
    1995 1.2k citations Georg Halder, Patrick Callaerts et al. Science profile →
  2. A conserved DNA sequence in homoeotic genes of the Drosophila Antennapedia and bithorax complexes
    1984 842 citations Walter J. Gehring et al. profile →
  3. Homeo Boxes in the Study of Development
    1987 769 citations Walter J. Gehring Science profile →
  4. HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS
    1994 746 citations Walter J. Gehring, Markus Affolter et al. profile →
  5. Homeodomain-DNA recognition
    1994 675 citations Walter J. Gehring, Katsuo Furukubo-Tokunaga et al. profile →
  6. Pax 6: mastering eye morphogenesis and eye evolution
    1999 528 citations Walter J. Gehring, Kazuho Ikeo Trends in Genetics profile →
  7. Protein-DNA contacts in the structure of a homeodomain-DNA complex determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in solution.
    1990 399 citations Markus Affolter, Walter J. Gehring et al. The EMBO Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter J. Gehring Switzerland 57 11.6k 3.7k 2.3k 1.8k 1.0k 122 13.6k
Thomas C. Kaufman United States 66 9.6k 0.8× 3.7k 1.0× 2.1k 0.9× 2.1k 1.2× 1.8k 1.8× 157 11.9k
William McGinnis United States 52 10.6k 0.9× 4.1k 1.1× 1.5k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 952 0.9× 106 12.3k
Michael Akam United Kingdom 57 7.9k 0.7× 3.3k 0.9× 1.8k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 559 0.5× 127 10.6k
Walter J. Gehring Switzerland 42 7.5k 0.7× 2.8k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 754 0.7× 72 8.7k
Nipam H. Patel United States 53 7.0k 0.6× 2.6k 0.7× 3.6k 1.6× 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 128 10.8k
Denis Duboule Switzerland 83 18.3k 1.6× 6.4k 1.8× 1.2k 0.5× 2.6k 1.4× 1.3k 1.3× 233 22.1k
Markus Noll Switzerland 51 9.3k 0.8× 2.4k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 1.6k 1.6× 89 11.0k
Ruth Lehmann United States 76 14.4k 1.2× 3.9k 1.1× 2.1k 0.9× 2.5k 1.4× 2.2k 2.1× 156 17.6k
Ginés Morata Spain 58 8.8k 0.8× 2.6k 0.7× 2.3k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 3.0k 2.9× 116 10.7k
Olivier Pourquié United States 68 12.2k 1.1× 2.4k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 972 0.5× 2.2k 2.1× 171 14.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hayakawa, Shiho, Yasuharu Takaku, Jung Shan Hwang, et al.. (2015). Function and Evolutionary Origin of Unicellular Camera-Type Eye Structure. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0118415–e0118415. 25 indexed citations
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Papadopoulos, Dimitrios K., Kassiani Skouloudaki, Yoshitsugu Adachi, Christos Samakovlis, & Walter J. Gehring. (2012). Dimer formation via the homeodomain is required for function and specificity of Sex combs reduced in Drosophila. Developmental Biology. 367(1). 78–89. 24 indexed citations
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Gehring, Walter J.. (2012). The evolution of vision. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Developmental Biology. 3(1). 1–40. 95 indexed citations
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Papadopoulos, Dimitrios K., et al.. (2011). Functional synthetic Antennapedia genes and the dual roles of YPWM motif and linker size in transcriptional activation and repression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(29). 11959–11964. 19 indexed citations
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Gehring, Walter J.. (2011). How do Hox transcription factors find their target genes in the nucleus of living cells?. Biologie Aujourd hui. 205(2). 75–85. 3 indexed citations
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Vukojević, Vladana, Dimitrios K. Papadopoulos, Lars Terenius, Walter J. Gehring, & Rudolf Rigler. (2010). Quantitative study of synthetic Hox transcription factor–DNA interactions in live cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(9). 4093–4098. 52 indexed citations
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Blanco, Jorge Polo, F Girard, Yusuke Kamachi, Hisato Kondoh, & Walter J. Gehring. (2005). Functional analysis of the chicken δ1-crystallin enhancer activity in Drosophila reveals remarkable evolutionary conservation between chicken and fly. Development. 132(8). 1895–1905. 32 indexed citations
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Benassayag, Corinne, Serge Plaza, Patrick Callaerts, et al.. (2003). Evidence for a direct functional antagonism of the selector genesproboscipediaandeyelessinDrosophilahead development. Development. 130(3). 575–586. 24 indexed citations
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Gehring, Walter J.. (2002). The genetic control of eye development and its implications for the evolution of the various eye-types. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 46(1). 65–73. 141 indexed citations
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Tarpin, Michel, Walter J. Gehring, & Jacques Bièrne. (2002). Conversion of a postocellar into an ocellar region as a transdetermination event occurring in adult ribbonworms. Mechanisms of Development. 118(1-2). 39–44. 2 indexed citations
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Punzo, Claudio, Shoichiro Kurata, & Walter J. Gehring. (2001). The eyeless homeodomain is dispensable for eye development in Drosophila. Genes & Development. 15(13). 1716–1723. 51 indexed citations
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Gehring, Walter J.. (2001). The genetic control of eye development and its implications for the evolution of the various eye-types. Zoology. 104(3-4). 171–183. 102 indexed citations
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Gehring, Walter J. & Kazuho Ikeo. (1999). Pax 6: mastering eye morphogenesis and eye evolution. Trends in Genetics. 15(9). 371–377. 528 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tarpin, Michel, Walter J. Gehring, & Jacques Bièrne. (1999). Reverse homeosis in homeotically reconstructed ribbonworms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(21). 11900–11903. 6 indexed citations
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Halder, Georg, Patrick Callaerts, & Walter J. Gehring. (1995). Induction of Ectopic Eyes by Targeted Expression of the eyeless Gene in Drosophila. Science. 267(5205). 1788–1792. 1189 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hirth, Frank, Stavros Therianos, Thomas Loop, et al.. (1995). Developmental defects in brain segmentation caused by mutations of the homeobox genes orthodenticle and empty spiracles in Drosophila. Neuron. 15(4). 769–778. 170 indexed citations
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Dorn, Arnulf, Markus Affolter, Walter J. Gehring, & Werner Leupin. (1994). Homeodomain proteins in development and therapy. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 61(1-2). 155–184. 17 indexed citations
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Mlodzik, Marek, et al.. (1987). The influence on the blastoderm fate map of maternal-effect genes that affect the antero-posterior pattern inDrosophila. Genes & Development. 1(6). 603–614. 21 indexed citations
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Gehring, Walter J., R Klemenz, Ursula Weber, & Urs Kloter. (1984). Functional analysis of the white + gene of Drosophila by P-factor-mediated transformation. The EMBO Journal. 3(9). 2077–2085. 56 indexed citations
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Gehring, Walter J.. (1973). Methods in Mammalian Embryology.. The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 46(3). 250–251. 32 indexed citations

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